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The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an
incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been 31_____ that they might see some whales when they were 32_____ a yacht — a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing 33_____ around the Whitsunday Islands. 34_____, they had no clue just how 35_____ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale 36_____ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson,the eldest son,was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud(重击声).He 37_____ thought the yacht had hit a rock. However, when he looked up, he saw the whale 38_____ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “ We were staring into its right eye. It was a very 39_____ moment. The eye was about the 40_____ of a dinner plate. It was huge.“
41_____ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered 42 damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging — the pole and ropes which hold the 43_____ ——and so the family was left 44_____ at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The 45_____ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a 46_____ ,but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not 47_____ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to 48_____ its calf when it jumped, hit the yacht by chance.
Whatever the reason, people are completely 49_____ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean ’ so what are the 50_____ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The chance of something like this happening is miniscule, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
31. | A. | explained | B. | learned | C. | told | D | ,taught |
32. | A. | hiring | B. | running | C. | taking | D, | .driving |
33. | A. | competition | B. | game | C. | trail | D. | trip |
34. | A. | Moreover | B. | Nevertheless | C. | Worthwhile | D. | However |
35. | A. | wide | B, | close | C. | vivid | D. | tense |
36. | A. | swam | B. | leapt | C. | slipped | D. | stretched |
37. | A. | suddenly | B. | occasionally | C. | immediately | D. | accidentally |
38. | A. | shooting | B. | jumping | C. | falling | D. | sliding |
39. | A. | exciting | B. | surprising | C. | frightening | D. | astonishing |
40. | A. | size | B. | sample | C. | range | D. | scale |
41. | A. | Certainly | B, | Luckily | C. | Definitely | D. | Possibly |
42. | A. | severe | B. | extreme | C. | actual | D. | special |
43. | A. | boat | B. | beach | C. | sail | D. | journey |
44. | A. | by all means | B. | in no time | C. | from then on | D. | with no way |
45. | A. | radio | B. | craft | C. | edition | D. | compass |
46. | A. | problem | B. | mystery | C. | suspect | D. | question |
47. | A. | carefully | B. | surely | C. | deliberately | D. | simply |
48. | A. | see | B. | touch | C. | tend | D, | reach |
49. | A. | amazed | B. | worried | C. | interested | D. | touched |
50. | A. | marvels | B. | chances | C. | predictions | D. | results |